collection (of money for charity)

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• collection box — collection boxes N COUNT A collection box is a box or tin that is used to collect money for charity. [AM] …   English dictionary

• money — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ There is big money in golf for the top players. ▪ easy ▪ He started stealing as a way of making easy money. ▪ bonus …   Collocations dictionary

• collection box — col lection .box n a container with a small hole in the top, that people put money for ↑charity into …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• collection box — noun (C) a container with a small opening in the top into which people put money for charity (2) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Charity fraud — is the act of using deception to get money from people who believe they are making donations to charities. Often a person or a group of people will make material representations that they are a charity or part of a charity and ask prospective… …   Wikipedia

• CHARITY — The obligation to help the poor and the needy and to give them gifts is stated many times in the Bible and was considered by the rabbis of all ages to be one of the cardinal mitzvot of Judaism. In the Bible The Bible itself legislates several… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• collection — [[t]kəle̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ collections 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time. Robert s collection of prints and paintings has been bought over… …   English dictionary

• Charity shop — A charity shop in the UK. A charity shop, thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop (U.S., Canada), resale shop (when not meaning consignment shop [U.S.]) or op shop (Australia/N.Z.) (from opportunity shop …   Wikipedia

• collection box — 1. a box or other container used to collect offerings of money, esp. in a church. 2. mailbox (def. 1). * * * collection box UK US noun [countable] [singular collection box plural collection boxes] …   Useful english dictionary

• collection — col|lec|tion W1S2 [kəˈlekʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(set/group)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(rent/debts/taxes)¦ 4¦(bringing together)¦ 5¦(taking something away)¦ 6¦(fashion)¦ 7¦(books/music)¦ 8¦(people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• collection — noun 1 group of objects ADJECTIVE ▪ big, extensive, huge, large, major, massive, substantial, vast ▪ small …   Collocations dictionary